Rachael Baughman

UPDATE Bronx Man Charged with Severely Beating, Starving Two Teen Siblings Inside NYCHA Apartment for Weeks

By SÍLE MOLONEY  
  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on May 16 that a Bronx man was charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, assault, and other charges for pistol-whipping, beating and starving a teenage brother and sister who were under his care, keeping them locked in their apartment for weeks, and preventing them from attending school for months.   Reacting to the case, Clark said, “The defendant, who was the guardian of the teen siblings, allegedly made their lives a living hell. He allegedly pistol-whipped them and used a belt and a wooden bat, among other objects, to assault them, and deprived


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Two Men Charged with Attempted Murder for Assaulting & Shooting Woman inside Bronx Hotel

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, April 22, that two men were charged with attempted murder, assault, and additional charges for the shooting of a woman with whom they had engaged in prostitution, inside the Opera House Hotel, located at 436 East 149th Street in Mott Haven.   Clark said both defendants, Kadeem Thompson, 29, of Linden Boulevard, Queens, and Robert Harris, 34, of Livonia Avenue, Brooklyn, have been arraigned on a 25-count indictment.   The list of charges included attempted murder in the second-degree, three counts of first-degree assault, three counts of second-degree assault, two counts


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Bronx DA: Man Charged for Attempted Rape of Pregnant Woman

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, March 9, that a man has been charged with attempted rape in the first degree and additional charges for attacking a five-months’ pregnant woman in front of her apartment building in Melrose in August 2021.   Clark said the defendant, Amara Doumbouya, 27, who was apprehended in Cincinnati, Ohio, was arraigned on Wednesday on attempted rape in the first degree, second and third-degree burglary, first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree strangulation, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, third-degree assault, and attempted rape in the third degree before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Steven


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